Daily Green

Good morning, all. In today’s news:

• CLCV: Don't let polluters frack with our water;
• Sac Bee: House should pull the plug on water grab;
• Big wind and solar buildouts spur a "bio-boom" in the California desert;
• And much more.

Top of the Ticket

Groundswell (CLCV Blog) 6/23/11
Don't frack with California's water
http://www.ecovote.org/blog/dont-frack-californias-water

Sacramento Bee Editorial 6/24/11
House should pull the plug on water grab
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/24/3723973/house-should-pull-the-plug-on.html

KQED ClimateWatch 6/24/11
Big wind and solar buildouts spur a "bio-boom" in the California desert
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/06/24/boom-times-for-field-biologists/

Legal Planet 6/23/11
Brown Administration’s View of Renewable Energy in California by 2020
http://legalplanet.wordpress.com/2011/06/23/brown-administrations-view-of-renewable-energy-in-california-by-2020/

Associated Press 6/24/11
Despite abundant rains and heavy snowpack, man-made drought signs still dot Calif. roadsides
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/environment/despite-abundant-rains-and-heavy-snowpack-man-made-drought-signs-still-dot-calif-roadsides/2011/06/24/AGGXTWiH_story.html

San Diego Union Tribune 6/24/11
Coming cuts lost in current budget debate
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jun/23/coming-cuts-lost-in-current-budget-debate/

CA Environment

Greenspace LA Times Blog 6/24/11
California congressman tackles toxic trade in new bill
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/06/modern-day-alchemy-is-alive-and-thriving-impoverished-populations-in-china-india-nigeria-and-ghana-burn-old-desktop-comput.html

New York Times Green Blog 6/24/11
California Widens Clean-Fuel Zone for Ships
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/24/california-widens-clean-fuel-zone-for-ships/

California Watch 6/24/11
Armed volunteers clean up garbage, toxins left by marijuana growers
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/armed-volunteers-clean-garbage-toxins-left-marijuana-growers-10831

Sacramento Bee 6/24/11
Groups ask Jerry Brown to protect Battle Creek watershed
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/24/3724178/groups-ask-jerry-brown-to-protect.html

KQED ClimateWatch 6/23/11
Water Efficiency May Ease Colorado River Woes
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/06/23/water-efficiency-may-ease-colorado-river-woes/#more-13679

Long Beach Telegram 6/24/11
Long Beach Water Commissioners keep water rates flat
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_18341394

San Diego Union-Tribune 6/23/11
County water conservation praised as rates rise again
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jun/23/county-water-conservation-praised-rates-rise-again/

Long Beach Telegram 6/24/11
Herger supports Senate attack on ethanol tax credits
http://www.presstelegram.com/california/ci_18344484

State Politics

Contra Costa Times 6/24/11
Switching Gears, Republicans Now Say Let Voters Decide Tax Issue
http://www.contracostatimes.com/politics-government/ci_18341599

California Watch  6/24/11
GOP Legislators Open To November Tax Vote, Oppose Temporary Extensions
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/some-gop-lawmakers-open-tax-vote-11065

Los Angeles Times 6/24/11
Gov. Jerry Brown Sees Little Progress On Budget, But Insists "I'm Not Giving Up"
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-state-budget-20110624,0,1467046.story

Los Angeles Times PolitiCal Blog 6/24/11
Jerry Brown Says Proposition 13 Could Be Tested If Budget Talks Fail
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2011/06/jerry-brown-says-proposition-13-could-be-tested-if-budget-talks-fail.html

Sacramento Bee 6/24/11
Governor Mends Fences With Fellow Democrats -- Again
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/24/3724152/browns-countdown-day-166-governor.html

Press Telegram 6/24/11
Huey using Fox 11 report against Hahn
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_18338124

Capitol Weekly 6/24/11
Leadership Fight In Senate GOP Caucus
http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?xid=zssas9vz7kp5ss

CalBuzz 6/24/11
CalBuzz: Death By Twitter: Social Media, The Political Frontier
http://www.calbuzz.com/2011/06/death-by-twitter-social-media-the-political-frontier/

National Environmental News

Huffington Post 6/23/11
Women In Power: Vivienne Cox, Former BP Executive, Says 'Climate Change Is Real -- We Are Still Not Taking It Seriously Enough'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matthew-dakotah/women-in-power-vivienne-cox_b_882714.html

The Hill E2 Blog 6/24/11
EPA sets timeline for controversial air pollution rule
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/168351-epa-sets-timeline-for-controversial-air-pollution-rule

New York Times Green Blog 6/24/11
Fracking and Water: E.P.A. Zeroes In on 7 Sites
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/fracking-and-water-e-p-a-zeroes-in-on-7-sites/

Huffington Post 6/23/11
Arizona Wildfire: Endangered Species Hit Hard By Historic Blaze
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/23/arizona-wildfire-endangered-species-animals_n_883567.html

The Hill E2 Blog 6/24/11
Top Democrat defends embattled nuclear chief
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/168357-top-democrat-defends-embattled-nuclear-chief

Politico 6/24/11
GOP on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Drill, baby, drill
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/57625.html

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